How to format your references using the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.

Using reference management software

Typically you don't format your citations and bibliography by hand. The easiest way is to use a reference manager:

Paperpile	The citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNote	Download the output style file
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles are usually part of a LaTeX template. Check the instructions to authors if the publisher offers a LaTeX template for this journal.

Journal articles

Those examples are references to articles in scholarly journals and how they are supposed to appear in your bibliography.

Not all journals organize their published articles in volumes and issues, so these fields are optional. Some electronic journals do not provide a page range, but instead list an article identifier. In a case like this it's safe to use the article identifier instead of the page range.

A journal article with 1 author

[1]

D. Adam, “Plastics that conduct win inventors chemistry prize,” Nature, vol. 407, no. 6805, p. 662, Oct. 2000.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

J. Schmiedmayer and J. Berges, “Physics. Cold atom cosmology,” Science, vol. 341, no. 6151, pp. 1188–1189, Sep. 2013.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

J. H. Schön, C. Kloc, and B. Batlogg, “High-temperature superconductivity in lattice-expanded C60,” Science, vol. 293, no. 5539, pp. 2432–2434, Sep. 2001.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

J. Kimura et al., “Overexpression of Toll-like receptor 8 correlates with the progression of podocyte injury in murine autoimmune glomerulonephritis,” Sci. Rep., vol. 4, p. 7290, Dec. 2014.

Books and book chapters

Here are examples of references for authored and edited books as well as book chapters.

An authored book

[1]

V. Mackevičius, Introduction to Stochastic Analysis. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2011.

An edited book

[1]

M. de Rooij, K. Van Tittelboom, N. De Belie, and E. Schlangen, Eds., Self-Healing Phenomena in Cement-Based Materials: State-of-the-Art Report of RILEM Technical Committee 221-SHC: Self-Healing Phenomena in Cement-Based Materials, vol. 11. in RILEM State-of-the-Art Reports, vol. 11. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

M. J. Collins, “Supporting Discussions,” in Pro Project Management with SharePoint 2010, J. Hassell, S. Anglin, M. Beckner, E. Buckingham, G. Cornell, J. Gennick, M. Lowman, M. Moodie, D. Parkes, J. Pepper, F. Pohlmann, D. Pundick, B. Renow-Clarke, D. Shakeshaft, M. Wade, T. Welsh, C. Collins, and D. Larson, Eds., Berkeley, CA: Apress, 2010, pp. 59–80.

Web sites

Sometimes references to web sites should appear directly in the text rather than in the bibliography. Refer to the Instructions to authors for IEEE Annals of the History of Computing.

Blog post

[1]

T. Hale, “Incredibly Rare White Risso’s Dolphin Spotted For First Time In Years,” IFLScience. Accessed: Oct. 30, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/incredibly-rare-white-rissos-dolphin-spotted-for-first-time-in-years/

Reports

This example shows the general structure used for government reports, technical reports, and scientific reports. If you can't locate the report number then it might be better to cite the report as a book. For reports it is usually not individual people that are credited as authors, but a governmental department or agency like "U. S. Food and Drug Administration" or "National Cancer Institute".

Government report

[1]

Government Accountability Office, “Air Force Assessment of the Joint Strike Fighter’s Aerial Refueling Method,” U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, GAO-05-316R, Mar. 2005.

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

C. Peterson, “Psycho-socio-cultural risk factors for breech presentation,” Doctoral dissertation, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 2008.

News paper articles

Unlike scholarly journals, news papers do not usually have a volume and issue number. Instead, the full date and page number is required for a correct reference.

New York Times article

[1]

M. Corkery and M. W. Walsh, “Governor of Puerto Rico Warns of Looming Default Without Bankruptcy Plan,” New York Times, p. B6, Dec. 17, 2015.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

This sentence cites one reference [1].
This sentence cites two references [1], [2].
This sentence cites four references [1], [2], [3], [4].

About the journal

Full journal title	IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
ISSN (print)	1058-6180
Scope